Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1887-04-24
STEUBENVILLE.
Local Events of the Past week-Personal
Items.

Local Events of the Past Week-PersOnal
Items.
Special Correspondence Of he Register.
SrEUBENvuLE, April %. - Steuben
Lodge No. l, Knights of Pythias, has been
seriously considering the advisability of
removing their Hall to new quarters.
Charles Specht is about erecting three
story block on the corner of Fourth and
Washington streets, and has made a propO-
sition to Steuben Lodge to fit up the third
story for lodge room. At a meeting of
the lodge April 18th, committee was ap-
pointed by the Chancellor Commander to
draw up plans and specifications for a
lodge room to be submitted to Mr. Specht,
fOOr his approval or diSapproval. This
duty the committee attended to, and FRI
day evening last made their report, ac-
companied with the plans of n magnificent
hall, furnished throughout with elegance
and convenience. They also reported that
Mr.. Specht had agreed to build tho hall
according to their plans. After making a
few slight alterations in the plans the
lodge instructed the Board of Trustees to
enter into a ten-year lease with Mr.. Specht
Thus it is definitely settled that the X. of
p. Hall will be removed from its present
situation. The new building is to be com.
pleted by September lst next.
The preparations that are being made
for the fair and festival to be held by the
Germania Turnverein, commencing on
May 9th and lasting through the week,
are on grand scale, and if nothing iu-
terferes the event will be the interesting
affair of the season.
Council, at its last session, held Tues
day evening, passed the ordinance grant
ing the right to S. 7. Dunham, of New
York City, to build and operate a street
railway in this city.
A lively fight took place at Kauls
Hotel, on Market street, at four o'clock
Friday morning, between a street medicine
fakir and couple of Steubenville young
men. 1t is claimed the trouble COM
menced over game OF pool. 1t ended in
the two young Steubenvillians getting
their heads beaten up in bad shape
Mrs. DR.. Grimes was visiting friends in
Cadiz during the past week.
Capt. Bradley, of New Cumberland,
was down calling on his Steubenville
friends last Thursday.
G. b. BOren went to Cincinnati Thurs
day on business.
Col. Harry Sherrard is hack from trip
TO Memphis.
Mrs. S. S. Culbertson left Wednesday
for Washington City to visit her husband,
who is employed in the government print
ing Office.
Monday evening, April 25th, "Rival
Artists will he presented at the Opera
House; Wednesday evening, April 27th,
Streets of New York." Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, 2Sth, 18th and 3Oth, sgd
ney Francis; Friday, May 9th, ''Silyer
Spur"
Thursday night the farce of trial which
closed by Edward Householder being found
guilty of manslaughter, was ended by
Judge Hance sentencing him to the peni-
tentiary ut hard labor for ten years. Sheriff
Burns took the prisoner to Columbus Fri
day morning. The general public find
little consolation in the belief that
Householder will, in all probability, serve
out the term of his sentence.
The Bachelor Club gave another of their
elegant balls Friday night 1t was q
recherche affair.
Harry DOty went to Pittsburg Thursday
to see the Boston Ideals.
Frank Merkle, formerly Of ofSteubenville,
is about to be married TO Miss McMullen,
Of Baltimore.
Mrs. Theodore Horn, nee Miss Mary
Pershing, Of Baltimore, Is yising her par
ents in this city.